Dissent Over Brownsville Negro Troop Discharge Split in Senate
Reports from the Senate military affairs committee review the Brownsville incident in Texas where three companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, all Negro soldiers, were discharged. A majority supports the findings, while a minority urges restoring the soldiers’ rights and calls testimony unreliable. Senator Foraker leads a supplemental view seeking enlistment without connection to the shooting.
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Washington
Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Brownsville
Tex
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Warren
Lodge
Warner
Dupont
Talaferro
Foster
Overman
Frazier
McCreary
Foraker
Scott
Bulkeley
Hemenway
Senator Foraker
Senate Committee
Warren, Lodge
War Department
Capitol Grafters Convicted in Harrisburg
The jury in the capitol conspiracy case found all four defendants guilty after six hours of deliberation. The convicted are John H. Sanderson a contractor, William P. Snyder former auditor general, W L Mathues former state treasurer, and James M Shumaker former superintendent of public buildings and grounds. Motions for new trials were filed in each case.
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Harrisburg
John H. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
W. L. Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Pubiic
House seeks Maine wreck records and burial provisions
Washington March 12 a house resolution asks the secretary of the navy for letters and data on the cost and impact of removing the wreck of the Maine and to provide burial for the dead now in the hulk of the ship.
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Maine
Washington
House
Secretary of the Navy
Czar Commutes Stoessel Sentence to Ten Years
Petersburg reports the czar has commuted General Stoessel's death sentence for surrendering Port Arthur to ten years in a fortress with a possible full pardon expected soon.
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Stoessel
Petersburg
Port Arthur
Walsh under bond after five year jail term
John R. Walsh former president of Chicago National Bank was sentenced to five years in Fort Leavenworth after a plea denial. All indictment counts run concurrently and Walsh must pay trial costs. He was released on $50,000 bond pending appeal. Walsh had long been tied to Indiana stone quarries and railroads.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Fort Leavenworth
Anderson
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Walsh
Indiana
Ku Klux raid hits Birmingham Marshall county
Dozens of masked night riders rode into Birmingham Marshall county late at night shooting six African Americans and whipping five others. John Scruggs and his family were wounded. Riders forced about twenty-five to flee and then departed after warning others to leave town.
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Paducah
Birmingham
Marshall County
John Scruggs
Scruggs
Tennessee
Search for Natchez Drug explosion victims continues
Natchez Mississippi March 16 Sunday reports ceaseless search efforts in the Natchez Drug five story building wrecked by a gas explosion. Eight people died and by nightfall the bodies of chemist Cleveland Laub and lab employee Inez Netterville had been recovered.
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Natchez, Miss
Natchez Drug Company
Cleveland Laub
Inez Netterville
Wounds Regarded as Critical after Ambush Shooting
Evansville dispatch reports John Carter from Chattanooga and John Berry of Louisville were shot in Dixon Kentucky on Saturday night by ambushing African Americans. Both were wounded in the back with intestinal perforations and are in a hospital in critical condition. death seems probable.
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Evansville
Ind
John Carter
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Berry
Louisville
Dixon
China Gives Up on Tatsu Maru Dispute
Tokio reports a satisfactory settlement of the Tatsu Maru affair. China concedes all Japanese demands and will purchase arms on board the vessel. The Japanese flag will be hoisted again and a Chinese warship will fire a salute as the flag is raised.
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China
Tokio
Nesbit Thaw to Seek Annulment in Divorce Court
In New York on March 11 counsel for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and Harry Kendall Thaw announce she will file for annulment claiming Thaw was insane at marriage. In Medford Wisconsin March 12 a farm home near Westboro owned by John Donthitt burned, three children died in the blaze.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Medford
Wis
John Donthitt
Westboro
Australians Welcome American Fleet Visit and Defense Plan
In Sydney a large gathering erupted in cheers after Premier Alfred Deakin announced that the American battleship fleet would visit Sydney and Melbourne. He urged greater national defense spending, proposing $9,000,000 yearly for an army of 20,000 and fifteen coast defense ships, noting Britain’s costs for defense.
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Sydney
Alfred Deakin
Melbourne
United States
Australia
Deakin
Great Britain
Battleship Fleet Opens Target Practice at Magdalena Bay
The American battleship fleet at Magdalena Bay begins serious target practice for the next two to three weeks as official wireless dispatches report. The usual quiet harbor waters will be splashed by shot and shell during the training period.
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Jackies
San Diego
Cal
Magdalena Bay
Lower California
Former Mayor Schmitz Discharged on Extortion Charges
Former San Francisco mayor Schmitz, jailed nine months, appeared with attorneys before Judge Dooling as the court of appeals remitted for discharge on five extortion counts. Judge Dunne later discharged Schmitz on the extortion indictment and ordered the case submitted to another jury.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Dooling
Superior Court
Court of Appeals
Dunne
Oriental Limited Held Up Near Bonners Ferry
Great Northern officials report the Oriental Limited was halted near Bonners Ferry Idaho by a lone highwayman early Sunday. Mail clerks were bound and mail stolen but no safe was cracked and losses are not believed heavy. The bandit escaped.
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Butte
Mont
Great Northern
Oriental Limited
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Market prices from Indianapolis to Toledo and New York
Grain and livestock quotes across major markets show mixed prices. Wheat ranges include No 2 red at Indianapolis 94c and Chicago around 97 3 4c. Corn No 2 at 62 3 4c in Indianapolis and 66c in Cincinnati. oats around 52 3 4c. Livestock in Cincinnati and New York display varied cattle hog and lamb values with multiple price bands.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Taft signs order to abandon Fort Keogh Montana
Secretary Taft signs an order abandoning Fort Keogh in Montana. Other dispatches note 15,000,000 bushels of grain stored in upper lake ports awaiting Erie canal shipment to tidewater. Olga Stein charged with forgery larceny and embezzlement in New York. Castro anxious over U.S. stance on American claims in Venezuela. Leo Thurman’s execution is postponed to the 27th to finish his life history.
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Taft
Fort Keogh
Mont
Upper Lake Ports
Tidewater
Erie Canal
Russia
Olga Stein
New York
Castro
Venezuela
United States
Leo C. Thurman
Norfolk
W. P. Dolsen
King Alfonso Visits Barcelona Unmarked by Incident
A synthesised chronicle notes King Alfonso’s Barcelona visit without incident while other items report: Oklahoma requires electric headlights for locomotives, Warren McKay’s murder-suicide in Tenino Washington, Hague treaty disclosures, Brooksville Kentucky tobacco arson, McCutchinsville Ohio gun attack on a constable, Ohio Senate abolishes capital punishment, Dortmund coal mine blast kills five, New Liberty Kentucky warehouse fires, death of President Zelaya’s mother, Wu Ting Fang meets Roosevelt, De Amicis dies in 1846, and New York City school closing following Collinwood tragedy.
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New Liberty
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Roosevelt
Wu Ting Fang
Edmondo de Amicis
Bordighera
Collinwood School
Board of Education
New York City
Multiple Fatalities Reported In Fires And Shootings
Six Chinese are dead and two others injured in a Marysville California fire. In Oskaloosa Kansas Lee Grubb killed his wife and himself after attempting to shoot his infant child. Noted architect John L. Smithmeyer, planner of the congressional library, dies in Washington. William Heiss, ex assistant manager of the U S military telegraph, dies in Sioux Falls at eighty one. Giuseppe Alia found guilty of first degree murder for the Denver St Elizabeth’s church killing and faces hanging.
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Marysville
Cal
Oskaloosa
Lee Grubb
John L. Smithmeyer
Congressional Library
Washington
William Heiss
United States Military Telegraph
Sioux Falls
Giuseppe Alia
Father Leo
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denver
Transit receiver named for Dayton and Xenia line
A receiver has been appointed for the Dayton and Xenia Transit company amid a spate of incidents including a Tyre Kansas bank robbery where $2500 was stolen by three bandits before fleeing. The week's cotton supply totals and numerous other items occupy the docket.
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Dayton & Xenia Transit Company
Tyre
Kan
Hester
Township Primaries Democratic Tickets for Local Townships
The townships Morgan Jackson Scott Webster Taylor Posey list pages for April 3 primaries. Trustees and assessors named include A L Rudolph Reinhard Feinek Frank Stamm W J Tempermann Herman Fessel Ed Bigier Marion D Deweese George Woertz Charles P Bye Joseph L Walk Joseph M Graves Samuel D L Breeden Columbus D Mauck Michael Rainbolt Daniel C Shaffer Hugh Dawson Joseph M Pate William Eisenmenger Andrew J Blunk Louis A Mauck Lee C Smith Q T Berry Yancey Kiser Joseph Fink Harve Saffer John C Love William H Wilson John L Kes singer William W Lawson James H Gliese John Hierly John A Lemmel James A Payton Oscar J Fryrear James Silas Babcock Samuel R Johnson Jacob Schoen Jacob H Rush Winfield Plue Fred Jansen Benjamin Barger.
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Morgan Township
A. L. Rudolph
Reinhard Feinek
Frank Stamm
W. J. Tempermann
Herman Fessel
Ed. Bigier
Jackson Township
Marion D. Deweese
George Woertz
Charles P Bye
Joseph L. Walk
Joseph M. Graves
Scott Township
Samuel D. L. Breeden
Columbus D. Mauck
Michael Rainbolt
Daniel C. Shaffer
Hugh Dawson
Joseph M Pate
Webster Township
William Eisenmenger
Andrew J. Blunk
Louis A. Mauck
Lee C. Smith
Taylor Township
Q. T. Berry
Yancey Kiser
Joseph Fink
Harve Saffer
John C. Love
Posey Township
William H. Wilson
John L. Kessinger
William W. Lawson
James H. Gliese
John Hierly
John A. Lemmel
James A. Payton
Oscar J. Fryrear
James Silas Babcock
Samuel R. Johnson
Jacob Schoen
Jacob H. Rush
Winfield
Plue
Fred Jansen
Benjamin Barger
Local Huddletown Notes On Visits And Illness
The column records a series of community updates including Wathen Smith visiting his father in Elizabeth on Tuesday and Wednesday, George Strimmer of Edwardsville involved with Mr and Mrs J W Deutsch, John Conrad and family visiting Henry Shuman in Heidelburg last Wednesday, and Mrs Otto Gleitz driving a quitting last Thursday while John Lovel family and Uncle Mike Gleitz with wife attended. The correspondent reports a recent severe stomach attack but notes recovery.
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Nelson
Wathen Smith
Elizabeth
George Strimmer
Edwardsville
J. W. Deutsch
John Conrad
Heidelburg
Henry Shuman
Gleitz Zrove
John Lovel
Lanesville
Mike Gleitz
Fine Draft Stallion In Town From Franklin Township
Charley Johnson of Franklin town ship showed a superb draft stallion in Columbus style. The black four year old stands 16 hands and weighs 1600 pounds. Sired by Columbus and with a Graves line dam, he is well bred on both sides. He will be kept this season at Mr Johns stable two miles west of Georgetown on Monday Wednesday Friday and Saturday. See him.
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Charley Johnson
Franklin Township
Columbus
Stauth Bros & Co
Corydon
Pluto
Graves
Mr. Johnson
Napoleon 41618 Percheron to Serve Mare at Corydon Farm
The fine Percheron Napoleon 41618 will stand the 1908 season from March 16 to June 13 at James J. Smith’s stable in Corydon near the south bridge. Service fee is $10 with a guarantee on a living foal. no liability for accidents. He is a jet black four year old weighing about 2000 pounds, sired by Highland Major and dammed by Blanch. AMES I. SMITH owns him. W L. Miller is keeper. mis-67
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James J. Smith
Corydon
South Bridge
Napoleon
Highland Major
Hercules
Parfait III
Saint Germain
Avata
Nogent
Vidocq
Coco Ll
Vieux Chaslin
Coco
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Blanch
Highland Swell
King of Highland
Scherer
King of
Cheri
Favora
Favori I
Ames I. Smith
W L. Miller
Fair Grounds
Searelife
Stauth Brothers
V. Stauts
Nord
Little Wonder
Gen. Bartholomew
Onward
Visdam
Zilight
Zilleaudi Golddust
Golddust
Vermont Morenan
Harrison County
Corydon Fair
Reed
Millow Struth Bros
Lanesville
Magnet No 5541 draft horse shown by Laneville Co
Magnet No 5541 a jet black 16% hands high weighs 1800 pounds foaled 1901 bred by M Flora Crawfords ville Ind sired by Copeland Amateur Frisette Picador dam Flore Bell Democles Grevin La Grange pedigree largely. Owners Laneville Draft Horse Co keeper Herman Miller invite viewing before breeding elsewhere.
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Magnet
M. Flora
Crawfordsville
Ind
Copeland
Amateur
Frisette
Picador
Flore Bell
Democles
Grevin
la Grange
Oall
Lanesville Draft Horse CO
Herman Miller
Mris-Ow
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Leading Pointe
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Toledo
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Barcelona
Oklahoma
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Warren McKay
Canada
Tenino
Wash
Hague
Brooksville
Robert Stanton
McCutchinsville
Kiefer
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Dortmund
Prussia
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Brazil
Big Timber
Hong Kong
James Johnson
Willson
New York Financial District
Matthew Kraschefsky
Wilmington
Del
FacSumile Signature of
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Castoria
the Centaur Company
Huddletown
Lorena Emily
Young Columbus
Struth Bros. Stock Farm
Goodwin
Iron Horse
Horee
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